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WEATHER STRIP. No. 319,162. Patented June 2, 1885.

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NITE Starts GEORGE ZITZMAN, OF BENNETT, PENNSYLVANIA.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIPIGATION forming part of Letters Patent 110,319,162, dated June 2, 1885.

Application filed April 9, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ZITZMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bennett, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather-Strips, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The obj ect of my invention is to provide a weather-strip for doors, which shall effectually prevent the entrance of wind, rain, or dust under same, and will, furthermore, be unaffected by the wearing away of the door-sill.

My invention consists in the hereinafterdescribed means for attaining said object.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a door and frame with my improved strip in place; Fig. 2, a longitudinal transverse section of same on line w as of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a vertical section of same on line 3 3/ of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a detail front elevation of the strip; Fig. 5, a section of same on line 2: z of Fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the different views.

A is an ordinary door, to the outside of the bottom of which is affixed in any suitable manner the weather-strip B. Said Weatherstrip is composed of the body I) and the apron 6. Both apron and body are molded in a single piece and set at an angle of about sixty degrees to each other. The body I) has its upper edge, b", beveled, in order to drain off the water and thus prevent it from penetrating between the strip and door. The apron b is provided with an outwardlycurved prolongation, The object of this construction is to compensate for the wear upon the middle por- (No model.)

tion of the carpet-strip O, as it will be readily seen that however much said strip may be worn away, the aforesaid prolongation will still be in contact with the surface of the strip.

The extremities of the apron of the strip are constructed to extend beneath the rabbet strips D of the doorjambs, the latter strips being beveled at their bottoms to allow for the entrance of the weather-strip.

This construction and arrangement effects a double purpose, to wit: First, it forms a perfectly tight joint at the lower corners of the door, and second, the beveled ends of the rabbet strip exert a downward pressure upon the apron b and force the latter tightly against the carpet-strip.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is 1. A weather-strip provided with an apron having an outwardly-curved prolongation, substantially as described, whereby the wear of the carpet-strip is compensated for, as set forth.

2. A weather-strip composed of a body, I), having its upper edge beveled, and an apron, I), provided with curved prolongation I), substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, with the door A and the door-frame havii gits rabbet strips D beveled at their lower ends, of the weather-strip B, having apron b adapted to extend beneath said rabbet strips, as and for the purposes described.

GEORGE ZITZMAN.

Witnesses:

W. D. THOMAS, JOHN A. KURTZ. 

